This module is designed to explore the structure of Trifles and describe how the play works by using the play analysis method used throughout this course. Students will see and interpret how different groups of performers have interpreted the work and how those interpretations can effect the way audiences see a performance. They also recognize how the content of the play holds wider social and cultural implications in the USA in the early part of the 20th century and the questions it raises are still valid today.
Learning Objectives:
By participating in this module, students will be able to:
1. Interpret how the play works by responding to questions on the Worksheet.
2. Identify visual features of the design elements demanded by the play (casting, set, lights, costumes, and sound) and create a "plan" for producing the play on the stage.
3. Consider arguments raised in the video tape and draw your own conclusions about them and share them with your peers.
Tasks:
Read the one-act play Trifles by Susan Glaspell. Download a pdf version of the play found in the Downloads section of this wiki, or consult the following Study Guide link below which contains a copy of the play.
1.1 Download, copy, and submit the Trifles Worksheet Revised as a separate page connected to your portfolio page. We will discuss the play and your analysis in class. Be sure to put your name on the Worksheet!
1.2 Create a separate page linked to your Portfolio page and write a short summary of Feminist theatre, some details of which are found in your course packet (pages 21 and 22). At the end of your summary, argue for or against the designation of Trifles as a Feminist play.
1.3 Reflect on the issues that are raised by the panel of experts in the video above and consider them within the context of the play that you have read. Then go to the Trifles Project Room and discuss the questions posed on your teams project page.
DEADLINE: Please complete all of your work on this play by 12:01am Sunday morning January 21.
This module is designed to explore the structure of Trifles and describe how the play works by using the play analysis method used throughout this course. Students will see and interpret how different groups of performers have interpreted the work and how those interpretations can effect the way audiences see a performance. They also recognize how the content of the play holds wider social and cultural implications in the USA in the early part of the 20th century and the questions it raises are still valid today.
Learning Objectives:
By participating in this module, students will be able to:
1. Interpret how the play works by responding to questions on the Worksheet.
2. Identify visual features of the design elements demanded by the play (casting, set, lights, costumes, and sound) and create a "plan" for producing the play on the stage.
3. Consider arguments raised in the video tape and draw your own conclusions about them and share them with your peers.
Tasks:
Read the one-act play Trifles by Susan Glaspell. Download a pdf version of the play found in the Downloads section of this wiki, or consult the following Study Guide link below which contains a copy of the play.
1.1 Download, copy, and submit the Trifles Worksheet Revised as a separate page connected to your portfolio page. We will discuss the play and your analysis in class. Be sure to put your name on the Worksheet!
1.2 Create a separate page linked to your Portfolio page and write a short summary of Feminist theatre, some details of which are found in your course packet (pages 21 and 22). At the end of your summary, argue for or against the designation of Trifles as a Feminist play.
See Video Reflections & Conversation on A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell concerning the application of the play to the justice system and women’s rights in the USA.
1.3 Reflect on the issues that are raised by the panel of experts in the video above and consider them within the context of the play that you have read. Then go to the Trifles Project Room and discuss the questions posed on your teams project page.
DEADLINE: Please complete all of your work on this play by 12:01am Sunday morning January 21.